Hydrant.



PATENTED DGT. 25, 1904.

A. J. THOMPSON.

HYDRANT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

HYDRANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "773,439, dated October25, 1904.

Application filed July l, 1903-. Serial No. 163,955.` (No model.)

T0 (all whom, it nfl/ty concern,.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Hydrant, of which the following is aspecilication.

The invention relates to improvements in hydrants.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofhydrants, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive onedesigned to be connected with an ordinary service-pipe and provided witha plurality of nozzles adapted each to receive a hose for the dischargeof water.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hydrant of thischaracter adapted should one hose burst or otherwise become inoperativeto enable the flow of water to the same to be readily cut off, wherebythe defective hose may be removed and replaced by a new hose withoutinterfering with the flow of water through the other nozzle or nozzles.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction .and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully-described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a hydrant constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View onthe line 3 3of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a detail view of the valve. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view ofa hydrant having three discharge-pipes.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a cylindrical casing having a bottom 2 of the casing.

bottom 2 and a top 3, which are pierced by a longitudinal valve-stem 4,provided at its lower end with a rotary .valve 5, arranged to cover anduncover eccentric openings 6 of the The casing is provided at its lowerend with an outwardly-extendingannular flange?, which is perforated forthe reception of bolts 8 or other suitable fastening devices, which passthrough similar perforations of a {iange 9 of a cap 10. The cap orhollow end piece l0, which is arranged at the lower end of the casing,is suitably connected with an L-shaped pipe or elbow 1l, which isprovided with a coupling 12 for enabling it to be connected with aservice-pipe. The coupling is designed to be provided with a suitablestrainer (not shown) for preventing the hydrant from becoming clogged.

The bottom 2, which forms a valve-seat, is provided with the apertures6, which may be of any desired number, either two or' more, and theseapertures receive the lower ends of discharge-pipes 13,*,arranged withinthe casing and extending upward from the valveseat and provided at theirupper ends with arms or elbows 14, which pierce the casing of ,thehydrant and form discharge-nozzles.

The discharge-nozzles are l threaded for the reception ofhose-couplings. By this construction several lines of hose may beconnected with the hydrant, and in event of one bursting and otherwisebecoming defective the same may be removed or repaired withoutinterfering with the flow of water through the other hose. When morethan two discharge-pipes 13 are employed, the valve will be providedwith a special arrangement of apertures for enabling an intermediatedischarge-pipe to be cut out.

The valve 4. consists of a disk which lits against the lower face of thebottom or valveseat 2, and the contiguous faces of the valve and thevalve-seat are designed to be ground to obviate the necessity ofemploying packing or washers, and the pressure of the water on the lowerface of the valve will operate to force the same against the seat. Thelower end of the valve-stem is squared at 15 to it a squared opening' 16ot the valve, and it is threaded beyond the squared portion to receive anut 1T; but the valve may be connected with the valve-stem in any otherdesired manner. The valve-seat or bottom 2 is provided with a centralcircular opening for the valve-stem, which is round th ereat to form abearing. rlhe valve is provided with apertures 13, which are adapted tobe carried by the rotary movement ot' the valve-stem into and out ofreg'ister with the apertures ot' the valve-seat to cover or uncovereither one or both oi' the apertures 6. The top 3 of the casing 1 isprovided with a central perforation to receive the valve-stem, and it isengaged by a coiled spring' 19, interposed between the top 3 and anadjustable device o1 the valve-stern. The adjustable device preferablyconsists of a nut 2O and a washer 21, the nut being' adapted to beadjusted to vary the tension of the spring'. T he spring' is locatedbeyond the top of the casing, and it is covered by a cap or upper end22, secured by bolts to an outwardly-extending annular flange 2d ot' thecasing. The upper cap or hollow end 22 is provided with anoutwardlyextending annular iiange, and the bolts 23 pass through thesei'langes. Suitable packings Q5 and 26 are interposed between the upperand lower caps or ends and the cylindrical casing. The valve-stem isprovided at its upper end with a suitable head 27, adapted to receive awrench or key 'for adjustingl the valve, and any suitable means maybeprovided Yfor indicating the several positions of the valve to cover anduncover one or both of the apertures. The top and bottom may be brazedor otherwise secured to the casing, and the longitudinaldischarge-tubes, which extend through the casing, are applied inposition when the casing is constructed, and they may be secured to thesame in any desired manner.

ln Fig'. 6 of the drawings is illustrated the construction Yfor cuttingout the intermediate discharge-pipe. The discharg'e-pipes 13 are locatedat one side of the hydrant, andthe rotary valve 5" is provided withapertures 16 and 16". W hen the apertures ltare brought into registerwith the discharge-pipes 13, water will flow through each of the pipes.Should it be desired to cut out the intermediate pipe, the valve isrotated to bring the aperture 16 and the adjacent end aperture 16" intoregister with the end discharge-pipes. The intermediate solid portion ofthe valve will cut ott the flow to the intermediate discharge-pipe,Either of the end dischargepipes may be cut out by bringing a solidportion of the valve beneath such pipes.

It will be seen that the hydrant is exceedingly simple and inexpensivein construction,

that it is provided with a plurality oi discharge-nozzles, and that itis adapted to control the How of water through the'sanie, whereby one ormore lines of hose may beoperatcd.

Having thus 'fully described my invention, what YI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hydrant comprising a casing provided at its bottom with avalve-seat having a plurality of apertures, a plurality ofdischargepipes located within the casing and extending 'from the saidapertures and piercing the casing above the valve-seat to providenozzles, and an exteriorly-operable valve for controlling the fiow ofwater through the apertures of the valve-seat whereby one or more ol:the discharge-rapes may be cut out, substantially as described.

2. A hydrant comprisingl a casing provided with a valve-seat having aplurality of apertures, a plurality of discharge-pipes located withinthe casing and extending Jfrom the apertures, a valve for controllingthe I'low of water through the discharge-pipes whereby one or more ot'the pipes may be cut out, and exteriorly arranged nozzlescon'nnunicating with the pipes, substantially as described.

3. A hydrant comprisinga casing' provided with a valve-seat having aplurality of apertures, a plurality of discharge-tubes extending upwardfrom the apertures, and an exteriorly-operable valve arranged to coverand uncover the said apertures whereby one or more oi' the pipes may becut out, substantially as described.

41. A hydrant comprisingacasing provided with a valve-seat having' aplurality of apertures and located at the bottom of the casing, aplurality of discharge-tubes communicating with the apertures andextending upward from the apertures of the valve-seat and piercing thecasing above the same, a Valve arranged on the valve-seat adapted to cutout one or more ot' the discharge-tubes, and a valve-stein connectedwith the valve and extending' through the casing and provided with meansfor operating' it from the exterior, substantially as described.

5. A hydrant comprising a casing provided at the bottom with avalve-seat having' a plurality of apertures, a plurality ofdischargetubes located within the casing and extending upward from theapertures and terminating in independent discharge-nozzles, a valve IOOIIO

arranged on the lower face of the valve-seat andv adapted to cover anduncover the said apertures whereby one or more ot' the tubes may be cutout, a valve stem extending through the casing and provided above thetop thereofI with a spring, a cap arranged on the top of the casing' andcovering the spring, and means for operating' the valve-stein from theexterior of the casing, substantially as deintermediate discharge-pipes,or both, sub- IO scribed. stantially as described.

6. A hydrant, comprising-a casing provided In testimony that I claim theforegoing as at the bottom with a valve-seat having a plumy own l havehereto axed my signature in rality of apertures,- a plurality ofdischargethe presence of two Witnesses. pipes located Within the casingand extending ARTHUR J. THOMPSON. upward from the apertures of thevalve-seat, Witnesses: and an eXteriorly-operable valve provided H. L.MORELAND, with means for cutting out either the end or BEN L. O. TATE.

